Most people think of AI as something you decide to use. In reality? It’s already woven into your business - whether you’ve opted in consciously or not. The question isn’t “Should I use AI?” It’s “Am I directing it… or letting it quietly make decisions for me?” Where AI Is Already Showing Up (Whether You Notice or Not) You don’t need ChatGPT open to be “using AI.” Here are a few places it’s already working behind the scenes: 🔹Platforms & Algorithms - Social platforms deciding who sees your content - Email providers filtering messages before they ever reach inboxes - Search engines interpreting intent, not just keywords You may not control whether AI is involved - but you do control how intentional your inputs are. 🔹 Writing & Communication - Autocomplete finishing your sentences - Smart replies suggesting responses - Grammar tools adjusting tone without asking That’s AI shaping your voice in small, quiet ways. 🔹 Decision Support (The Sneaky One) - Dashboards summarizing data - Tools ranking priorities - Software recommending “next best actions” AI isn’t just creating. It’s interpreting, filtering, and prioritizing on your behalf. The Risk of Unintentional AI When AI runs quietly in the background: - You outsource judgment without realizing it - You accept defaults that don’t match your goals - You let tools shape your business instead of supporting it Unintentional AI use doesn’t look dramatic - it looks comfortable. And that’s why it matters. What Intentional AI Actually Means (Without Doing Anything Technical) Being intentional doesn’t require new tools or prompts yet. It starts with awareness. Here are a few reflection-style prompts you can use right now: 🧠 Awareness Prompts - Where am I already relying on automation to make decisions for me? - What systems influence my visibility, communication, or priorities? - Which outputs do I accept without questioning anymore? 🧭 Direction Prompts - If AI is already involved, what do I want it optimizing for? - Speed, clarity, consistency, ease, energy, accuracy? - Where would I want more say instead of less?

Tuesday I was about 30 seconds away from buying a new desktop tower. Why? Because my pages were loading slow. Canva was lagging. Zoom felt glitchy. Everything just felt… heavy. And my brain went straight to: “My computer must be outdated.” So instead of guessing, I did what I teach inside Automated CEO: I asked AI a diagnostic question, not a vague one. My first prompt was: “Where do I find the specs for my Windows 11 desktop PC?” ChatGPT walked me step-by-step to pull the actual system info, and I pasted the results back in. That’s when things got interesting. Here’s what I was actually running: - i9 processor - 128 GB RAM - Multiple GPUs - Tons of storage Basically… a monster machine. So I followed up with the next logical prompt: “Here are my specs. I’m thinking about getting a new tower because everything feels slow. Is this actually a hardware problem?” That changed everything. Instead of saying “maybe,” it asked me for the one thing people never check: “Run a speed test and give me your download, upload, and ping.” So I did. My download and upload were fine…But my ping was spiking into the thousands of milliseconds. That means every click, scroll, and tab refresh was literally waiting seconds before it could even start loading. Not my computer. Not my RAM. Not my CPU. My browser was quietly DDoS-ing my own internet connection. 🧠 My Browser Was Running a Small Country Across three monitors I had: - 100+ tabs - Multiple Gmail accounts - Client portals - Google Docs - Google Sheets - AI tools - Facebook Messenger - Asana - Zoom - Canva - Streaming services - And about 47 things I “might need later” Each tab wasn’t just sitting there. My browser had become my: - CRM - Memory system - Project manager - Financial hub - AI lab - Content studio And it was running all of it at once. So the next prompt was: “If it’s not my computer and it’s not my internet speed, what’s actually causing the lag?” The answer was brutal and simple:

(But AI Can Do Exceptionally Well) I used to cling to certain tasks like,“Nope, I have to do this or it won’t be done right.” Yeah… turns out that was a lie I told myself to stay overwhelmed. Here are three things AI handles shockingly well: 1️⃣ Drafting Tricky Client Messages Need something firm but kind? Something that sets a boundary without sounding like a jerk? AI can shape the tone, polish the wording, and say what you’re actually trying to say. 2️⃣ Spotting System Gaps Give it your workflow or SOP, and it will point out: - missing steps - unclear instructions - places where clients get stuck  Basically, an extra set of eyes that doesn’t get tired or distracted. 3️⃣ Turning Long Videos Into Structured Content Workshops, Zoom calls, Lives, trainings…AI can break them into: - social posts - emails - step-by-step guides - lessons - checklists …so you’re never starting from scratch. The wildest part? These were the tasks I thought needed the most “human touch.” Turns out I just needed to stop trying to be a one-person robot. Which one surprised you the most?